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Found a fascinating article today in a old comic trade magazine from Jan 1985 covering Marvel Productions featuring concept art for then in production series like Transformers and Dungeons and Dragons. archive.org/details/maga...
02.03.2026 19:29 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0Looking forward to it pal 😁
28.02.2026 20:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Current Playlist with all the episodes: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
28.02.2026 20:36 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
We're now up to 71 out of 98 Broadcast versions of the original G1 Transformers on the YouTube channel + 4 additional alternate versions. Going to be a bit slower now as the final episodes need repairs to be complete but so far only 2 will need to use Rhino footage😁🎞️
28.02.2026 20:36 — 👍 35 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0Are you ready for Transformer Day, May 24th🥳
27.02.2026 08:04 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
I added another version of the G1 episode War Dawn to the broadcast playlist. This new version includes the proper title card and I modified the audio in act 2 to fix the low pitch of the voices of the original💿🔊 youtu.be/bwoOr69UUPY
21.02.2026 14:32 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A banner announcing Vince DiCola's first ever UK convention appearance, at TFNation 2026. The banner includes a photo of Vince, and an image of the 1986 The Transformers The Movie Soundtrack cover artwork. It notes Vince's key credits (which are mentioned in full in the accompanying URL post) and says TFNation 2026 will take place from 31st July to 2nd August 2026 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel.
The 40th anniversary of The #Transformers The Movie calls for a very special guest: please join us in welcoming to #TFNation 2026, Grammy & Golden Globe nominated composer, arranger & keyboardist, Vince DiCola!
Click to read more!
tfnation.com/blog/20...
#VinceDiCola #TFN2026
Added the Broadcast versions of the G1 eps Child's Play, Desertion of the Dinobots 2 parter and The Girl Who Loves Powerglide to the Youtube playlist today❤️
youtu.be/8f8KxWPncSM
Some letters regarding then upcoming Optimus' return:
14.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0For a re-run of the second time they killed off Prime in the season 3 episode of G1 "Dark Awakening" they added a promo for the "Return of Optimus Prime" to reassure kids. TFRaw.com
14.02.2026 08:56 — 👍 18 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1Here's the one magazine article I've found that covers the fallout of the Death of Optimus Prime in the movie and why they're apologising now.
13.02.2026 15:04 — 👍 25 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1I timed the audio to the same video track so i could make mkv later but at the moment i'm sorting the online version first but a DDL is part of the plan.
13.02.2026 10:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Broadcast version of the G1 season 3 episode Only Human featuring Old Snake aka Cobra Commander from GI Joe. youtu.be/YAs93zR6lo8
12.02.2026 23:55 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I added 2 more episodes to the G1 Broadcast version playlist tonight, the season 3 episode Only Human and this alternate version of The Ultimate Doom Pt3 with the louder SFX audio from the US FHE VHS tape
youtu.be/isJ23QndlxM
Eventually I will make DDL for them but currently each episode is 3GB as I'm keeping them uncompressed for the Youtube upload but later once I'm done i'll get something sorted
11.02.2026 16:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I'm now up to 50 episodes of the original broadcast version of the G1 Transformers including all of season 1 and a alternate version of A Plague of Insecticons featuring a louder SFX audio track from the original FHE VHS Tape 📼 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
11.02.2026 15:15 — 👍 50 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 0I know, That has the remastered version of the episode what I'm doing is finding the non remastered versions which are closer to how the episodes are supposed to look. By DVD I meant the Broadcast version hasn't been on DVD not that the episode hasn't.
10.02.2026 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The episode "Autobot Spike" is one of the broadcast episodes not on DVD at all except the edited Japanese FSRL version. Using that footage and the Shout DVD i've tried to rebuild the episode. I might try adding the G2 VHS footage later but here's what I have so far🎞️📼 youtu.be/cvSGxXhCEm0
10.02.2026 13:47 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
I loved the Icons Unearthed Transformers series on Pluto TV. It mostly covers the Movies but theres a bunch in the earlier episodes about the older series. I even saw a bit of footage of the puppet prime from the archive being used which was cool to see. pluto.tv/uk/search/de...
09.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0They could have made a complete version using both the film and broadcast version but the audio would have needed work to fix the timing as it would extend the scene a bit. I double checked the TV rip in the collection and the broadcast version is how it aired.
09.02.2026 15:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Clearly those effects were always there, you just couldn't hear them back in that day.😅🤪
Thats what Magno sound tried to tell us anyway.🤣
Here's 2 more examples of the differences from the Broadcast version and the Film master for the episode B.O.T.🤖
08.02.2026 23:10 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Not many cartoons at the time got the collectors package so what we got was well beyond expectations.
08.02.2026 21:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0For series 1 especially there was a lot of issues. I think they learned from the issues with the Transformers sets and worked closer with the fanbase before going too far.
08.02.2026 21:39 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0The film masters used for the G1 Transformers DVD's have a lot of mistakes that where fixed for the original broadcast but in the episode Prime Target the film has the correct footage and the broadcast version has the mistake. 🎞️📼🤪
08.02.2026 21:34 — 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0I'm now up to 40 episodes with the additions of Auto-Bop, Starscreams Brigade, The Revenge of Bruticus and the Season 3 episode Surprise Party.
08.02.2026 14:36 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Sorry I don't use the Internet Archive.
07.02.2026 23:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Added 4 more G1 season 2 episodes to the Broadcast Version collection bringing the total now to 36. The Episodes Traitor, The Immobilizer, Auto Berserk and Kremzeek! can now be found in the playlist. TFRaw.com
07.02.2026 23:38 — 👍 25 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
Trying a new location for the TF media collection. Glad i have the 86 movie disks in another place as I'm pushing the edge already😟😁 TFRaw.com
01.02.2026 17:34 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
One more unused Transformers concept found in the Laserdisc booklet was for a Triple changer that could change from Skywarp to Megatron to a Jet mode. TFRaw.com
27.01.2026 22:07 — 👍 69 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0
